John Herschel discovered NGC 7259 = h3936 on 28 Sep 1834 and recorded "eF; pL; R; vglbM; 40"." His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (10/30/99): very faint, moderately large, elongated 4:3 SW-NE, ~1.2'x0.9', weak concentration. The nearby edge-on ESO 467-051 was not seen.

17.5" (8/27/92): faint, fairly small, round, 50" diameter, low even surface brightness. Collinear with two mag 12 stars 3.3' NE and 6.4' NE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb